Study day - Stories and memories of a school

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 from 9am to 6pm - Amphi Jean Duminy - ENSA Normandie

To mark the 120th anniversary of the Normandy School of Architecture, Sébastien Cherruet (researcher at the ATE laboratory) and Claire Rosset (ATE laboratory researcher) are organizing a study day entitled "Memories and histories of a school. 120 d'architecture en Normandie".

ENSA Normandie was the first school to be founded outside Paris, and is now one of twenty-one public architectural schools in France. The history of these schools has been the subject of growing interest in recent years, notably through the HEnsA20 research program. The exhibition "120 ans d'enseignement en architecture" (120 years of architectural education) organized in autumn 2024 revealed a number of facets of the school's history. But the research also highlighted the gaps in the archives, both administrative and pedagogical. Oral sources have sometimes been collected, but this memory has not always been the subject of scientific development.
The "Memories and histories of a school. 120 d'architecture en Normandie". Through a major interview and three sessions, bringing together researchers as well as witnesses and players in the field of architecture in Normandy, this day is intended to gather a voice but also offer a space for exchange on the history of the school.

Day program HERE

visual: Jean-Claude Schmid's personal archives